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This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Achieving Racial Justice and Equity/Only one party has a specific plan for healing the wounds of systemic institutional racism & the legacy of slavery and for achieving equity-the other party denies they still hurt 1/15

The extreme gap in household wealth and income between people of color—especially Black Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and certain Asian American and Pacific Islander communities—and white families is hurting our working class and holding our country back. 2/15

#Democrats are committed to improving economic mobility for people of color. We will fight to tackle intergenerational poverty and close the racial wealth gap.3/15 #DemPartyPlatform #WealthGap #RacialJustice

#Democrats support policies to end discrimination and unfair practices in the housing market, will empower local governments to combat #gentrification trends that disproportionately harm long-time residents of color, 4/15 #DemPartyPlatform #racialjustice

#Democrats will create a Community Restoration Fund to repair the toxic legacy of historic investments in transportation that were designed to enforce racial segregation. 5/15 #DemPartyPlatform #racialjustice

#Democrats will equalize access to credit and expand support for first-time homebuyers to make homeownership and the wealth-building it creates more accessible for people of color.6/15 #DemPartyPlatform #homeownership #racialjustice

#Democrats recognize that racial wealth gaps are rooted in longstanding discrimination and unjust policies. 7/15 #DemPartyPlatform #racialjustice

#Democrats will equalize established pathways for building wealth while exploring innovative approaches to closing racial wealth gaps, including policies that provide seed capital in order to access the economic security of asset ownership.8/15 #DemPartyPlatform #WealthGap

The right to organize and collectively bargain benefits all workers, but especially for workers of color. 9/15 #DemPartyPlatform #UnionStrong #Solidarity

Unions close pay gaps between white workers and people of color. The union wage premium is high for all workers, but remains especially substantial for people of color, including Latinos and Black workers. 10/15 #DemPartyPlatform #UnionStrong

Unemployment rates for people of color are persistently higher than the national average, which is why #Democrats support making racial equity part of the mandate of the Federal Reserve. 11/15 #DemPartyPlatform #RacialEquity

Specifically, we will work with Congress to direct the Chair of the Federal Reserve to report on the extent of racial employment & wage gaps &how the central bank is countering them,in addition to monitoring,reporting on,and responding to macroeconomic conditions in general.12/15

#Democrats will invest in low-income communities, urban and rural areas, and communities of color by strengthening the Community Reinvestment Act, 13/15 #DemPartyPlatform #CommunityReinvestmentAct #RacialEquity

Strengthening the #CommunityReinvestmentAct will improve federal support and access to credit for women- and minority-owned small businesses, expanding and making permanent the New Markets Tax Credit, and doubling funding for CDFIs.14/15 #DemPartyPlatform #ChangeIsNow

#Democrats will restore & build on the Obama-Biden Administration’s Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces policy & use the purchasing power of the federal government to incentivize private companies to recruit and advance people of color, women, people with disabilities, and veterans.15/15